Almaty · Kazakhstan
PeeringDB records one internet exchange in Almaty, KAZ-GOV-IX Almaty, with 9 participants, and four colocation facilities holding eight networks between them. PS Internet Company DC and Almaty TTC Data Center report three networks each. An address that geolocates to Almaty reflects an operator's registration record rather than the position of a device.
Internet exchanges in Almaty
An exchange is a shared switch where networks hand traffic to each other directly. Participant counts come from PeeringDB, where each network maintains its own record.
| Exchange | Participants | Registry carriers peering |
|---|---|---|
KAZ-GOV-IX Almaty Kazakhstan Government Internet Exchange Almaty | 9 | none in the registry |
Exchange records: PeeringDB.
Colocation facilities
Buildings where networks put equipment. The network count is how many PeeringDB members list a presence there, which shows where capacity in the city sits.
| Facility | Networks present | Address |
|---|---|---|
| PS Internet Company DC | 3 | 117A Makataev steet |
| Almaty TTC Data Center | 3 | 55 Karasai Batyr |
| Almaty | 2 | Gagrina 272 Zheltoksan 115 |
| 3HCloud - ALA-1 | 0 | 39A Divaeva street |
What a Almaty IP address tells you
KAZ-GOV-IX Almaty is the only exchange PeeringDB lists in the city, with 9 participants on record. Colocation runs close behind it. PS Internet Company DC and Almaty TTC Data Center report three networks each, a facility recorded simply as Almaty reports two, and 3HCloud - ALA-1 reports none, eight networks across four buildings against the nine at the exchange. Recorded capacity in Almaty is split between exchange peering and colocation rather than concentrated in either. The registry attaches no carrier ASN to the exchange, and it holds no Kazakhstan mobile operator ASNs, so no mobile network is documented as peering in the city.
An address a database places in Almaty need not be a device in Almaty. An operator announces its blocks from a registry record that gives one address for an allocation which may cover the whole country, and mobile traffic reaches the internet through a small number of gateways whose location has nothing to do with where the handset is. Geolocation providers copy the location the operator published, so a connection from anywhere in Kazakhstan can read as Almaty.
The useful checks on a single address are the origin ASN and the netname on the specific prefix. Both come from the regional registry, and together they name the network that announced the route and the allocation the address falls inside. Neither confirms that a connection touched KAZ-GOV-IX Almaty or any of the four facilities listed here, because the registry records who peers where and not how one session was routed.
Questions
Which internet exchanges are in Almaty?
PeeringDB lists one, KAZ-GOV-IX Almaty, with 9 participants. Four colocation facilities are on record alongside it, holding eight networks between them. Networks that peer privately inside a building, rather than at the exchange, do not appear in the participant count.
Which Almaty facilities have the most networks?
PS Internet Company DC and Almaty TTC Data Center each report three networks, the highest of the four facilities PeeringDB lists in Almaty. A facility recorded simply as Almaty reports two and 3HCloud - ALA-1 reports none, for eight networks across the city.
Does an IP that geolocates to Almaty mean the device is there?
No. The city comes from the address block's registration and the location the operator published for it. Traffic from a subscriber elsewhere in Kazakhstan can leave through a gateway whose addresses are registered in Almaty, and lookups will report Almaty for it.
Sources
- PeeringDB - exchanges, participant counts, facilities and network presence, snapshot 2026-09-07
- PROXIES.SX carrier and ASN registry - operator ASNs used to match peering participants